List of hackathons in Nairobi, Kenya in 2018

Kenyan developers, designers, financial and social innovators, and others passionate about harnessing the country's intellectual and technical resources to help meet Kenya's "Big 4 Agenda"! You're invited to participate in the Connected Summit Hackathon 2018. Come with a team of 2 to 4 members, or join one at the event. You'll be challenged to to design and prototype an innovative digital payments solution that addresses one or more of the four tracks: manufacturing, food security, universal healthcare, and affordable housing. Come collaborate and compete for recognition, career opportunity, and great prizes. Advice from our tips pagecan improve your hackathon experience!

Official AUG Nairobi RSVP Link What is ShipIt? Every quarter, Atlassian runs a 24-hour hackathon called ShipIt where they drop everything to make something awesome. It embodies their culture of innovation and puts weight behind a sacred company value: “Be the change you seek.” What is ShipIt AUG Style? Ideally, we would like your expertise to help improve anything related to the Atlassian community, Atlassian tools, but if you're passionate about something else (Addon/plugin/extension/bot) we encourage you to work on that. (Note: your solution doesn't have to be technical) ShipIt is a team activity, this is your chance to combine ideas and skill sets with leaders from all over the country. Traditionally, this is a 24-hour event. But you will get to start early and start your project. You and your team will have 2 weeks (14th July to 30th July) to work remotely on your project. You will record a video submission and send it in for judging (Before 30th of July). Process Pre-AUG ShipIt: Assemble your team! Now is the time to start thinking about your ideas and who you want to work with. We have created a Stride room and Confluence space for you to post ideas and/or to sign on for a project. If you're not attending the meetup, no worries. There will be a two-hour working session. You can either stride or start helping your team during the remote phase. Brainstorming and collaborating is encouraged but no actual work can be done on the project until August 3. We will check in with you before AUG to make sure you have everything you need for the 4 hour-long working session. AUG ShipIt: Day of ShipIt (2-8pm on August 3rd during AUG ShipIt) Haven't joined a team? Have a great idea the day of? You will have a few minutes to pitch your idea or to join a team that you think you can collaborate with. Get to work and have fun! Once the planning time ends, you can decide next steps with your team to ensure you're good to go. You will have until August 3rd by end of day EAT to complete your project. Your team needs to have a 3-minute video sent to the Community Team describing your project. There will be 1 winner, the overall ShipIt winner that'll be judged by a group of AUG Members in attendance. Note: Participants would be welcome to request free trials of our products that may help them from aug.atlassian.com The Atlassian User Group Nairobi encourages better use of Atlassian tools, share best practices, case studies and individual perspectives. This is an open forum to discuss and suggest features and changes to Atlassian communities in building better products. AUG meet-ups are where Atlassian users, entrepreneurs, engineers and business acumen meet to share their experience on how they use Atlassian tools to increase productivity and ship products. This group is open to all fellow Atlassian users who are like-minded and interested to share ideas & knowledge. This is an open forum to discuss and suggest features and changes to Atlassian communities in building better products. This group has an abundance of Atlassian Experts and customers in the area - let's take advantage of each other's expertise. We meet every other month to talk about all things Atlassian, from JIRA, dashboards to perfecting your Stash workflow. If you've got a topic to present or questions you need to be answered, we're here to help. RSVP to our next meeting or join the group to be notified of upcoming events and AUG news. As usual, we will have swag, pizza, beer, and great conversations! We are excited to see you all again soon! HELP PLAN NEXT EVENT Do you want to suggest a topic for us to focus on? Do you have a presentation proposal? Does your company want to host an event? Does your company want to sponsor an event? Contact the group leader with your suggestions. Thanks for your help!

The aim and goal of this game hackathon is to bring people with various skill-sets together to create a video or mobile game utilizing emerging technologies such as AR & VR that will have an impact on Health! Participants will work together to rapidly prototype game designs and hopefully create inspiring new ideas that contribute to the growth of the games industry. The participants will collaborate to create an original game inspired by the events theme within a prescribed time no larger than 48 hours. The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking to result in small, but innovative, experimental games. The event will provide experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, the hackathon will culminate in Sunday afternoon demos and presentations. All teams will receive talks by industry leaders and receive valuable feedback from local entrepreneurs and mentors. The weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education. Whether you are looking for feedback on an idea, a co-founder, specific skill sets, or a team to help you execute this is the place to be. Thanks to the able sponsorship of Liquid Telecom and supporting partners: BlackRhino VR, NAICCON and Ludique Works.

On Tuesday 5th June, 2018 Nikola Energy and Squadra 1 will be commemorating the celebration of the environment by hosting an event that will have the following activities: -   Mini-Conference: - Where the main players in the E-Waste field will share their how tos | what is working |what isn’t working | perspective on the way forward.  The Ministry of the Environment and Forestry, The Ministry of ICT, NEMA, Nairobi County, UNESCO, The Finnish Embasy, The Finnish Centre Party, WEEE, several private and public universities to name but a few who will be participating on the day. Corporate sponsors will also have opportunity to share their thoughts on the topic.  E-Waste Flea Market: - On the day, offer Kenyans the opportunity to batter or sell their no longer fit for purpose e-materials.  This will allow those that have e-materials pilling up in their homes, an avenue to make a little money and hopefully get items that they are in need of.  Design Thinking (DT) Session with High-Schoolers: - Involve the youth, through design thinking, in ideating the best way forward for Kenya. This campaign will precede E-Day.  The three best solutions identified from this process will present their ideas on the day. Facilitating the DT sessions will be Nikola Energy, Squadra 1, Mekatilili, Nairobi Design Week, Kijiji, and Mideva.  Hackathon: - Facilitate a Hackathon session the weekend before E-Day with E-Waste as the theme.  Interested University Students can sign-up to participate for this.  Photo Competition Campaign: - 3 Weeks leading up to E-Day we can have a competition involving >= 18 years showing off the E-Waste that they intend to drop off on the day.    Communicate Locations of Collection Points: - Share information on where the mwananchi can deposit their E-Waste and future flea market opportunities  Our motivation for facilitating this event are as follows: -   Kenya produces 20,000 Tons of E-Waste a year and yet only 1% is responsibly repurposed  There is an increased dependency on technology, especially Mobile Tech and yet there is a high rate of re-purchase, with the mwananchi getting a new phone/mobile gadget every two year  Establish simple directive on where one can take E-Waste, thus proffering an avenue through which the mwananchi can purposely consider segregation of their trash.  Especially because of the adverse effects on the environment and human health due to poor handling of E-Waste  Start cultivating a new Kenyan culture that promotes Re-Duce | Re-Use | Re-Cycle | Re-Purpose such that the mwananchi is already playing their role in support of the E-Waste Draft Bill that is yet to be passed by the Kenyan Government.   

Humentum are getting the learning community of Nairobi together this March.  As part of the Humentum week in Nairobi, Humentum Learning Services will be hosting a day of problem solving and collaboration, to help us learn from each other. We will also continue many of the great conversations we started at the recent Capacity for Humanity Conference. The day will involve some facilitated problem solving around the key challenges we face delivering learning and capacity development to our staff and communities.

The 2-day hackathon will take place on the Monday, 5 March and Tuesday, 6 March 2017. Giving priority to the identified ‘champions’ from the Women in Tech workshop and PWD, this boot camp will target a total of thirty (30) young men and women (with app development experience) from public and private Universities, ensuring the 50/50 gender balance is observed. They are expected to develop, fine-tune their apps and prepare for pitching. Participants with the best apps will be given an opportunity to pitch on Friday, 9 March 2018. You are required to bring your own device. Also who proof that you have an understanding of Mobile development by either Sending a screenshot of your app Send a one page to us indicating your skill level, and where you learnt the skill from

We are excited to announce our upcoming event, Moringa School Women In Tech which will be a precursor to Nairobi's biggest tech event: Nairobi Tech Week. This event, sponsored by Facebook, will happen on the 23rd through to 24th of February, with the hackathon being focused on the topic Everything On Demand. To register for this event, tender your application here . Applications close on 5th February, afterwhich successful applicants will be communicated to on the 9th of February. DISCLAIMER: Signing up here does not guarantee attendance to this event.

The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It is all condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global spread of game development and creativity. The structure of a jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday late afternoon, watches a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and then a secret theme is announced. All sites worldwide are then challenged to make games based on that same theme, with games to be completed by Sunday afternoon. In January 2015, we had over 600 locations in 93 countries create 6866 games in one weekend! GGJ 2017 is January 20-22 at a location near you… if not you can make one of your own. The jam is known for helping foster new friendships, increase confidence and opportunities within the community. The jam is always an intellectual challenge. People are invited to explore new technology tools, trying on new roles in development and testing their skills to do something that requires them to design, develop create, test and make a new game in the time span of 48 hours. The GGJ stimulates collaboration and is not a competition.

This is an Application Security testing Hackathon that will involve testing of Web/Mobile applications to identify vulnerabilities that attackers can leverage. The event will be guided by application and penetration testing experts from Serianu Limited. Participants will be immersed in a “find the vulnerabilities” game where the will learn and apply hacking techniques in a sandbox environment. To make sure our participants get the most out of this event, we will include tutorials and workshops covering Cross-Site Scripting, SQL Injection, Parameter Tampering, Cryptography including the OWASP Top Ten and CWE Top 25.The training will allow players of all skill levels to participate including students, code developers and seasoned security professionals. It’s will be a great opportunity for participants to test their security skills, identify knowledge gaps and getadditional tips and tricks needed to keep data safe. 

Foondi Workshops will be organizing a one-week Design, AI, & Internet of Things (IoT) Bootcamp in collaboration with IBM Research Africa and The Mekatilili Program from 15th - 19th January, 2018. This 5 day bootcamp will focus on interactive, hands-on workshops, where participants will learn about the principles and use of Design Thinking, Artificial Intelligence using the IBM Watson, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Business Model generation. Following this training will be a two-day hackathon from 20th - 21st January, 2018, where participants will work in teams to develop innovative solutions to Water Security in Kenya using concepts of Design Thinking, AI, and IoT. We are seeking a team of software programmers, designers, and engineers to take part in a bootcamp that aims to have teams work on developing solutions that address the water security challenges in Kenya. The deadline to apply is 8th January, 2018. Limited spaces are available and shortlisted candidates will be notified by 10th January, 2018. Please follow the link to submit your application: https://goo.gl/forms/3o70FqMxxXFXLNIl1 To participate, selected candidates will be required to pay a fee of only KSH 1000. The cost covers: workshop fee, materials, lunch and snacks.  Eligibility & selection criteria:- Basic programming skills- Basic electronics knowledge- Knowledge on Arduino - Good to have: Past experience building electronics projects. This program is run in collaboration with the IBM IoT Research Lab, Strathmore iLabAfrica and The Mekatilili Program. The Design, AI, & IoT program is supported by the MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, and the MIT D-Lab. FAQs Is there an application process? To be considered for the workshop, participants are required to submit a completed application form by 8th January 2018. Only successful applicants will be notified by 10th January 2018.  Please follow the link to submit your application: https://goo.gl/forms/3o70FqMxxXFXLNIl1 Are there any other additional costs? No. Selected candidates will be required to only pay the workshop fee of KSH 1000 for the duration of the program and the hackathon. I don't meet all the eligibility criteria, can I still apply? Due to the technical content of the workshop, we are only seeking candidates who meet ALL the eligibility criteria.